Salute



C. SCARDONE SALUTE Filed April 2, 1929 Jan. 20, 1931.

mum/E5517 INVENTOR [h arl e 5 5 nardnne 7 ATTZJRNY Patented Jan. 20, 1931 v STATS CHARLES soARnoNE, on ELKEEQN,-MABYLAND senor Application filed April 2,

The present invention relates to salutes or firecrackers and has for an object to provide an article of this character which may be simply and facilely manufactured.

s A further object is to provide a salute which will produce a detonation of louder report for the amount of explosive used than has heretofore been obtainable.

A further object is to improve the construcio tion of articles of this character.

In the manufacture of salutes or firecrackers, great care has to be exercised on account of the nature of ingredients used. Frequent ly, therefore, manufacturers resort to a piece work method of production, whereby materials are parceled out to workers to be taken home and made up, in this way dividing the explosives into comparatively small measures. Much of this work is done by hand and as salutes are sold at a small price, it is of utmost importance that the manufacture thereof be facilitated as much as possible if the workers are to realize an attractive compensation for their work.

It should be borne in mind that a hard substance, when exploded, will give a louder report than a soft, or more loosely knitted fibre composition.

The objects as set forth above are accomplished therefore in the present invention by providing a rigid receptacle or casing, which may be of wood or compact fibre, to which a closure, which may be of similar material, is glued, the casing having a charge of explos'ive therein and may be provided with a fuse extending throughone of its walls for exploding the same.

The accompanying drawing illustrates two embodiments of the invention,

Figure 1 representing one embodiment in elevation, and

Figure 2 the same in section. Figure 3 is a further embodiment showing the same in elevation, and 5 Figure 4 is a section similar to Figure 2 through this embodiment.

Referring to the embodiment as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, 5 indicates a casing which K may be made of some rigid material, as from wood, suitably bored to form a chamber 6 1929; SerialNo, 352,027.

having" a channel leading from the bottom thereof through the casing, as indicated by thenumeral- 7. Through this channel or aperture there may be threaded a fuse 8 ex tendi ng into the chamber 6. The chamber 6 contains-a charge of explosive 9 which is held therein by the closure member whichin this embodiment is in the nature of a pluglQ secured in the open end of the chamber 6by adhesive represented at 11.

This embodiment is preferably of a; more or less spherical externalzcontour adapting the same to roll along the ground or to bepro pelled' through the air by any suitable arrangement.

The embodiment as shown in Figures 3 and 4 provides a casing 15having a chamber'lfi formed therein which is adapted to contain a charge of powder or other suitable explosive19fi The open end ofthe chamber 16 is closed by a cap; or closure 20 held to the casing 15 by a film of" adhesive 21. In this instance, the 'fuse'l8 is shown asthreaded through an aperture-17'fonned in the cap or closure 20.

In this construction, the closure 20 is cente'redon the casing1 5 by means of the projection 22' extending around the open end of the chamber 16 andformedby cutting away the materialsofthe casing so as to form an annuhr shoulder or'rabbeting, as at 23.

The'cap or closure 20 isprovided with a depression 241 adapted toreceive the projection, 22 snugly 'therein and this depression is deep enough to bringt-he edge of the annular wall 25 surrounding this depression into contact with the shoulder 23 when the parts are assembled.

The advantage of these constructions is that they may be readily assembled and lend 90 themselves to. the. manufacture of the units on a quantity basis.

The steps in the manufacture of a salute such as shown in Figures 3 and iare as follows, start-ingwith a block wood:

The bore or chamber 16 is drilled simultaneously with the drilling of the hole and the turning of the externally rounded surface. The fuse may then be put in place, the chamber filled, the edge of the annular wall 25 is then dipped in glue and placed upon the casing 15. The salute is then completed.

A similar operation takes place in the manufacture of the salute as represented in Figures 1 and 2, the edge of the plug or closure being dipped in glue to close the same;

other steps of the operation being substantially identical with the steps as recited in connection with the embodiment shown in Figures 3 and 4.

It will be understood that various changes" and modifications may be made in the structure of the invention as disclosed within the scope of the invention as hereinbefore out lined and hereinafter claimed.

Having described claim is: v; 1; An approximately spherical salute casing formed from a solid block of material excavated to form an explosive chamber therein, and a closure permanently secured to the casing. 7 2. An integral salute casing excavated to form an explosive chamber therein having walls thicker at the middle than at the ends of the chamber, explosive in the chamber, a closure glued tothechamber, and a tuseextending into the'casing. Y

3. A salute comprising an integral cham- 5 bered rlgidcaslng, a charge of explosive 1n 7 the chamber, a closure "for the end of the casing completing an approximatelyspherical unit, and a film of adhesive connecting the closure to the casing.

4. A salute comprising a wooden casing, a

wooden closure therefor, a chargeof explosive in the casing, afilm of glue connecting the closure to the casing and a fuse extending 7' through the casing into the interior. and'secured by glue. I J V 5. A salute comprising a rigid casing having a chamber formed therein one en ternally of the casing around the open :end,

and a cap having a lip extending therefrom' and fitting the rabbeted end of the casing, a charge of explosive in the casing, .afilm-of glue securing the cap to the casing and a fuse extending into the interior and secured by glue. N 7 7 V 6. .A salute comprising a wooden easing having a chamber formed therein, one end of which is open, said casing being rabbeted externally of the casing around the open end, and a cap having a lip extending therefrom and fitting the rabbeted end of the casing, a charge of explosive in the casing, a film of I glue securing the cap to-the casing and a fuse extended through the cap and secured thereto by glue, 7 V In testimony whereof I have signed my name to thisspecification.

CHARLES soAnnoNn my invention, What I which is open, said casing being rabbete d ex 

